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Annexes to the Memorial of the Turkish Government in the Bilgin case, plus the report of the inspection of the ruins of İhsan Bilgin's property ordered by the Silvan Public Prosecutor.

Response of the applicants to the observations of the Turkish Government on the application of Elçi and others to the European Commission of Human Rights. The reply notes that the Government only responded to observations on the admissibility and merits of the application under Articles 3 and 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as some observations on Article 1 of Protocol 1, but did not address the totality of the violations alleged in the application. The reply also notes that Tahir Elçi's confiscated files pertaining to domestic cases were returned but files pertaining to other applications pending with the Commission were not returned. The reply also states that systemic intimidation makes domestic remedy so ineffective as to be disregarded. The reply concludes by asking for the Government's observations to be declared ill-founded and for the application to be declared admissible.

English translations of the statements of the applicants in the Akdeniz and others case given during December 1993 and January 1994 to the Kurdish Litigation Project via the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association.

Statements of Abdurrezak İpek and his domestic lawyers recapitulating his version of the events of 18 May 1994 in Türeli and other details pertinent to his application in response to questions from the European Court of Human Rights.

Documents submitted as appendices to the original application submitted on 30 July 1993.

Materials pertaining to the applicant's claims for just satisfaction in the Mehmet Haran case under Article 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights. These include: 1) the claims for just satisfaction submitted to the European Court of Human Rights on 2 July 2000 including the schedules of damages and legal fees claimed by the Essex team; 2) schedules of legal fees claimed by the Kurdish Human Rights Project submitted on 3 July 2000; 3) further information submitted to the Court on 14 July 2000 including Kudret Haran's statement of 13 July 2000 detailing her detention and torture by Turkish police as a result of her having testified before the Commission with regards to this case, and an updated schedule of damages

Materials pertaining to the applicants' claims for just satisfaction in the Demir and Yaşa cases submitted to the European Court of Human Rights. The materials include: 1) and 2): statements and lists of damages provided by Mahmut Demir and Sıddık Yaşa itemising their losses; 3) the 20 June 2000 version of the applicants' claims for just satisfaction in the Demir and Yaşa cases submitted to the Court, including schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages sought and a schedule of legal fees and costs sought; 4) the 24 November 2000 observations of the Turkish Government on the applicants' claims which deems the claims excessive and attaching domestic decisions showing compensation awarded in similar instances; 5) an updated statement and schedule of pecuniary damages provided by Mahmut Demir on 13 December 2000; 6) faxed correspondence from Clara Sandoval and Karen Hulme, University of Essex, to the European Commission of Human Rights, Maria Jesus Demir, and other third parties regarding the updated schedule of pecuniary damages for Demir, including an English version of the new schedule.

Applicants' claims for just satisfaction in the İkincisoy case under Article 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (submitted 22 January 2002), including schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, and of legal costs and fees.

Applicant's claims for just satisfaction in the in the Şükran Aydın case, including schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary and legal fees and costs, plus the applicant's response to the Turkish Government's observations regarding the intimidation of the applicant (A44/43/1/14/2/5/21), stating that since no medical knowledge can be gained from having Aydın submit to another examination over three years after the incident, the request for an examination must have been made for another purpose. The response also notes that the Commission has already stated in its opinion that Turkey has failed to comply with its obligations under Article 25 paragraph 1 of the Convention yet persists in its interference with the applicant. An attached letter notes that Aydın is willing to have all materials pertaining to the memorials in the case mentioned in the letter of 29 November 1996 made public.

Final pleadings of the applicant in the Mehmet Kaya case submitted to the European Commission of Human Rights. The reply repeats the applicant's previous claims submits that the attitude of the authorities to the Kurdish civilian population is such that they treat all civilians as PKK members and that any person in the vicinity of a clash is assumed to be a PKK member.